Khaki Wool: chrome moi-dant 



Colorfastness : fair to light, good to washing 



Dye Method 1 (see page 72) 



Yellow-Brown Wool : alum mordant 



Colorfastness: good 



Dye Method 3 (see page 72) 



Dark Brown Wool: alum mordant 



Colorfastness: good 



Dye Method 2 (see page 72) 



Willow Bark, Black {Salix nigra) 



The black-willow tree is native to the eastern part of North America, 

 growing in damp soils from eastern Canada to northern Florida. 



Rose-Tan Wool: alum mordant 



Colorfastness: fair to light, good to washing 



Dye Method 1 or 3 (see page 72) 



Light Brown Wool: alum mordant 



Colorfastness: fair to light, good to washing 



Dye Method 2 (see page 72) 



Birch Leaves, Yellow {Betula luted) 



Yellow birch is one of the most valuable forest trees of the Northern 

 States. The leaves can be used either fresh or dry; if the leaves are fresh, 

 use twice the quantity stated below. 



Yellow-Tan Wool : aluin mordant 

 Colorfastness : fair to light, good to washing 

 1 pound of wool 

 ^4 peck of dry birch leaves 



Use alum mordant (see page 68). Cover the leaves with water and soak 

 overnight. The following morning boil them for 1 hour, strain, then add 

 water to make a dyebath of 4 to 4)9 gallons. Before immersing the mordanted 

 wool in the dyebath, rinse it and squeeze out excess moisture. Immerse the 

 wool; heat the dyebath to boiling; boil for 30 minutes, rinse and dry. 



Broomsedge {Andropogon virginicus) 



Broomsedge or "dyer's broom" grows on open waste groiuid from 

 Massachusetts to Illinois and south to Florida and Texas. The entire 

 stalk and leaves are used for dyeing. Although it can be gathered at any 

 season for use as a dye, the dye is most concentrated in the summer when 

 the plant is green. It can be cut in June and July, dried, then used as 

 needed. 



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